{"id":3352,"date":"2013-09-16T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T22:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2013-09-16T18:11:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T22:11:37","slug":"un-inspectors-on-syria-clear-and-convincing-evidence-chemical-weapons-were-used-on-large-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2013\/09\/un-inspectors-on-syria-clear-and-convincing-evidence-chemical-weapons-were-used-on-large-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Inspectors On Syria: Clear And Convincing Evidence Chemical Weapons Were Used On Large Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syria_admin_2007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3338\" alt=\"syria_admin_2007\" src=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syria_admin_2007-300x298.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syria_admin_2007-300x298.jpg 300w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syria_admin_2007-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syria_admin_2007-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syria_admin_2007-400x398.jpg 400w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syria_admin_2007.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inspectors report said &#8220;the environmental, chemical and medical samples we have collected provide clear and convincing evidence that surface-to-surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used &#8230; in the Ghouta area of Damascus&#8221; on Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, also against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale,&#8221; the inspectors said in their report to Ban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This result leaves us with the deepest concern,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p>Syria initially called for a U.N. investigation of an alleged chemical attack on Khan Al-Assal near Aleppo on March 19, which it blamed on the rebels. But when the U.S., Britain and France reported other alleged attacks, the secretary-general insisted on broadening the investigation, which the Syrians opposed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/09\/16\/un-inspectors-syria-chemical-weapons_n_3934312.html\">UN Inspectors On Syria: Clear And Convincing Evidence Chemical Weapons Were Used On Large Scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inspectors report said &#8220;the environmental, chemical and medical samples we have collected provide clear and convincing evidence that surface-to-surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used &#8230; in the Ghouta area of Damascus&#8221; on Aug. 21. &#8220;The conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,9,18],"tags":[1707,1708,1706],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3353,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions\/3353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}